netdev - RE: [PATCH] net: fec: remove HW IP header checksum for IPV6 frame

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2014 01:40:11 +0000
From:	"fugang.duan@...escale.com" <fugang.duan@...escale.com>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net: fec: remove HW IP header checksum for IPV6 frame

From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk> Data: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 7:22 AM
>To: David Miller
>Cc: Duan Fugang-B38611; netdev@...r.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: remove HW IP header checksum for IPV6 frame
>
>On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 03:34:07PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
>> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:31:21 +0100
>> > As I suspected, just applying the above two hunks fixes the problem
>> > I was seeing.
>>
>> Someone please respin the patch so that it's just these two hunks and
>> that the commit message accurately describes the real situation.
>
>I'm hoping for a reply from Freescale before I give an explicit tested-by
>against this.  It would be nice to have some explicit confirmation that
>they would be happy with a reduced patch.  It may be that the hardware
>really does need the IP header checksum bit cleared for non-IPv4 packets.
>
I test it again that is your expectation HW can detect IPV6 frame type, if it is IPV6 packet,
The IP header checksum function don't take effect. 
I will submit the patch again.
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